Tech Tools for the Mobile REALTOR®

Are you ready to leave your office behind? Unplug. Hit the road. Work in the cloud. Go paperless. In this three-part article, REALTORS® share the technology tools they use get closer to the dream of a truly mobile workspace.

For a great article, that I helped author, please visit Arizona Association of REALTORS® online magazine.

You can get there by a click on this link:  Tech Tools for the Mobile REALTOR®

Free Webinar – Review your website for 2010

Join us for a Webinar on February 17 with Brad Carroll from Dakno.com where we will discuss the 5 critical components that consumers want from your website! Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/513374003 Join me on February 17, 2010 at 4 p.m. est as I have the pleasure to interview Brad Carroll from Dakno.com. In my opinion one of the smartest web site designers for real estate. In today’s highly competitive online marketing arena, if your real estate website fails to deliver the five critical components that consumers want from your website, you could be falling behind your competition. You will learn step by step what home buying and selling consumers want the second they land on your real estate website. We will explore the pluses and minuses of using blogs or traditional websites for your business presence. Seating is limited, join us for this free webinar today!

Register for the CyberConvention Expo

This note is to let you know that I will be a featured speaker presenting “Leverage Your Productivity With These 7 Mobile Tools!”  at the upcoming National Real Estate CyberConvention & Expo,

February 21-27, 2010.

http://recyber.cyberconventions.com/

This is a wonderful on-line convention and you may attend all events — without leaving home! The event  is expected to attract over 10,000 real estate professionals during its seven days (Feb 21-27) and is open to the real estate community worldwide.

This year’s speaker line up, the largest ever, in addition to my talk, includes 50 sessions plus an address by Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of the National Association of REALTORS who will tell us what’s going to happen!

You can network in the CyberConvention Social Networking Community, check out the latest business building products and services at the Expo — and of course attend my session!

Register for your pass at: http://recyber.cyberconventions.com/

Point and shoot just doesn’t cut it anymore

Wow, I couldn’t have said it any better. By Samantha Elliott Krepps of PAR (Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS(r) ) did a great review of one of my classes at TriplePlay. I spoke on taking better photos. She starts with . . .

One of Amy Chorew’s missions in life is to “rid the world of bad real estate photos.” Click here to read the rest!

Text Messaging programs? Here is a list!

A friend and client of mine, Sarah Herda, Realtor® from Keller Williams Towne Square Realty in New Jersey did a little research on Text Messaging companies and sent it to me. Now I share with you:

I invite you to add your own!

OAKLEY

Digital Sign Rider $19.99 buy one get one free. -

Buyer texts in and received listing information

Real time lead capture and alerts

Free online database to manage and store leads

Good for the life of the listing

Live Demo – text 987 to 88500

After closing, call to activate it again. Price then is $16.00 per month.

GOOMZEE

Get started immediately for only $99 (3 codes, 3 months, free signs)

3 codes:

3 – month ($99)

12 – month ($199) save over 40%

Add Mobile Virtual Tours ($100)

Plans for 5, 10, 20 property codes (Gcodes) also available.

INTEGRATION WITH TOP PRODUCER

TEXTMYMLS

INTEGRATION WITH TOP PRODUCER

Sign up and register your property listings online.

Type in up to 160 characters description of your property.

Upload your pictures ( not all carriers will support pictures)

Add the Text code to your listing sign and on your print advertising too. Now you will receive email notifications of the caller id of each text sent to a interested homebuyer.

Order signs separately

CELLYOURLISTINGS

CellYourListings.com is an interactive mobile marketing tool for real estate professionals. The service enables agents to have property descriptions sent directly to buyers’ cell phones. Buyers request information via text message and instantly receive a response with pictures and a description of the property.

“Mobile Marketing is the Next Generation of Real Estate Advertising”

• Better serve buyers by delivering instant information

• Win more listings with this advanced marketing tool

• Increase sales

• Low cost – Our Premium Service is just $9.99/month

• Little effort – Simply hang the sign and wait for the leads to come in

• Fewer splits – Generate leads and cell the listing yourself!

• Leads are e-mailed to you and are easily viewable online